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EUROVISION 2023
Zonugal
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(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is the ongoing 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is taking place in Liverpool, United Kingdom, after Ukraine, winner of the 2022 contest with the song "Stefania" by Kalush Orchestra, was unable to meet the demands of hosting the event due to security concerns caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on behalf of the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), the contest is being held at the Liverpool Arena, and consists of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May, and a final on 13 May 2023. The three live shows are being presented by British singer Alesha Dixon, British actress Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina, with Irish television presenter Graham Norton joining for the final.
Thirty-seven countries are participating in the contest, with Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia ceasing their participation, mainly due to the economic impact of the 2021–2023 global energy crisis.
Voting changes
On 22 November 2022, the EBU announced changes to the voting system for the 2023 contest. The results of the semi-finals would be determined solely by televoting, as was the case between 2004 and 2007, while the results of the final would be determined by a combination of national juries and televoting, as has been the case since the 2009 final. In the event that a country cannot deliver a televoting result, an aggregated result calculated on the basis of countries with similar voting patterns would be used, and in case that too fails, a backup jury result would be used instead. If a country's jury is disqualified, the televoting points from that country would be doubled and used as a substitute in the final. The procedure of using calculated points would remain as a last resort in the event that a country cannot deliver a valid jury or televoting result. Viewers from non-participating countries would also be able to vote in all shows, with their votes being aggregated and presented as one individual set of points under "Rest of the World". Those viewers would be able to cast votes via an online platform, which requires ownership of a credit or debit card for verification.
On 8 May 2023, a change to the semi-final qualifiers announcement format was trialled during the first dress rehearsal of the first semi-final, where the acts would be on stage to anticipate the announcement of the finalists instead of sitting in the green room, similar to shows such as The X Factor, but this format was dropped on the same day due to a negative response.
How to Watch Eurovision 2023
All three days of Eurovision 2023 will stream on Peacock at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT. Julia Sanina, Graham Norton, Hannah Waddingham and Alesha Dixon are among the hosts for the semi-finals and grand finale.
This year, Eurovision superfan Johnny Weir will host a special Watch With Live on Peacock during the Grand Final.
LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO!!!!
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"Active members (as opposed to associate members) of the European Broadcasting Union are eligible to participate; active members are those who are located in states that fall within the European Broadcasting Area, or are member states of the Council of Europe."
So mostly European countries, with a handful Europe-adjacent (west Asian and north African), and Australia I guess
And Israel, so no reason Korea or the US could participate really.
Israel is in the EBU. I’m pretty sure the US and Korea are not.
According to what I found on google, Australia was allowed to join because Eurovision is very popular there, so I guess that being part of the EBU or not is not a hard rule.
Well no, that’s obvious since Australia is clearly not part of the EBU
I was replying to your argument comparing Israel to the US and Korea
We’re doing our traditional viewing party of mostly allegiance-free non-Europeans and a few very serious Europeans from different countries
It’s good to have some neutral people to act as buffers
ok that's rad as hell
Where can one find that?
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Sorry for the late answer, apparently it's only during the final on 13 May, in parallel on BBC Radio Merseyside
Other than that there was a lot of poorly chosen rap breakdowns which is about par for the course. Several generic Eurovision-pop songs, but at least this isn't as ballad heavy as the last few years. Portugal was a fun song, but I still haven't forgiven them for Salvador, so go pound dirt Mimicat. Serbia and Finland made me want to play Tony Hawk ProSkater really quite a bit, which I didn't expect, but did enjoy!
Overall there were a few decent songs, but since this was the semi-final with Loreen it's really not fair. Honestly they probably did this just to give the much better songs in semi-final two a fighting chance. Good work Eurovision producers!
We have our own Eurovision now
It gave us this
I actively do not want the US to be involved in Eurovision at all
Fuck off America you've got your own garbage
Anyway Finland 2023 let's go
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A song named after a joke on Reno 911 won?
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I'm pulling for either France, Spain, or Portugal.
Romania just missed the cut.
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No, that song was just fun. This k-pop singer from Oklahoma was the winner
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German expectations
Tradition?
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I've got two strong strong favourites from semifinal one so far and one of them maaay take the edge over Finland
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
We were invited to join as a once-off for the 60th eurovision, but apparently eurovision fans in europe loved who we sent so much that it was decided to make the invitation permanent
moldova flute guy though
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
I was surprised that Iceland didn't make into the finals
That’s what they get when they don’t have any neighbors to vote for em
Not in my opinion. Last year there was one really catchy one that I thought got shafted but this year the songs that haven't made it have all been pretty meh. Romania was like a weird pink mime goth but the song wasn't really anything to write home about. Iceland's song was just okay even though she seems totally badass as a person?
Related I'm all about the arm tone on her and Hannah Waddingham. Flex, ladiiiies
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Edit: wait holy shit Serbia takes the front spot it had a health bar